Climate committee defends its 2023-27 carbon budget

A downward revision in greenhouse gas targets for the 2020s would severely undermine the UK’s credibility in EU negotiations, says CCC.

The advisory Committee on Climate Change (CCC) will stand firmly behind its original levels of ambition for the UK’s fourth 2023-27 carbon budget, despite pressure from the Treasury.

Its latest stance, which emerged in a letter to energy and climate secretary Ed Davey from chairman Lord Deben on 3 October, could put it on a collision course with a Cabinet that is increasingly divided over the future direction of climate policy. 1